St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-25
Two Young Girls From Window Tell a
Fairy Tale of Their Wanderings in
Boys Clothing.
Good Women of the Presbyterian Churches
Devote Day to Discussing Home
Mission Work.
Marriage of Miss Lizzie f. Fafrch1id
and w. y. Dana--The State Fair
Premiums.
The City Brings Action Against the
Milwaukee Road to Keep Its
Trains From the Leyee.
READS LIKE FAIRY TALE.
The Story Told by tho Two Girls
whom asgueraded in Boys Clothes
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The two young girls apprehended at
Window, Cottonwood county, wearing
bows clothing were brought to st. Paul
and turned over to the protection OF the
Relief society yesterday.
Mr.. HutchinS the agent of the Relief
society, who has taken considerable interest
in the two wanderers and their strange
story, immediately secured them temporary
home with respectable family Where they
would be free from the communicating IN
huence of bad reporters" Mr.. Hutchins
gave out something about their romantic
tale which he confidently believes to be the
truth.
Their names are Lily and Katy Dayy.
They are sisters, aged respectively 10 and
Il years. and their parents live at Roches-
ter \. Y. They give it out that their
father is worthless individual, who never
properly provided for the family. which
numbers ten children, and their lives at
home We're not the happieSt One CLEAN OF
hope remained to Lilly, the eldest She
was engaged to young man named VIII
lam Byers. who owned a restaurant at
Calgary, n. w. T. The girls story is
good thus far. but here it gets little
tishy. Lily relates that Byers came to
Rochester for her about a year ago, and
she started for his Western home with him,
She dropped her kid glove as they were
about to board the train, and in looking for
it the train pulled out with ByerS- She
took another train and travelled some dis
lance. only to discover that it was the
wrong road. She went back home and
PINED SOME MORE
and finally a month ago resolved to start
out and find her lover. She got what little
money she could and talked the matter over
with her sister Katy, their mother consent
ing. and they had their hair cut, dressed
themselves i'll their brothers clothes, and
started to beat their way" over the 1900
miles between Rochester and Calgary.
They passed as boys without any question.
Indeed their features are quite masculine.
Success attended them Oh their cheap jour-
ney until one day they were landed at Win
dom. MINI. Window was not on the direct
route to their intended destinations; but
they explained this little circumstance with
the tale of washout somewhere in Iowa.
Arrived at Window. the little pilgrims,
@no wore blue ribbons in their coats and
carried testaments III their pockets. were
taken into the fold by the honest village
ity They had a room and board at the
Clark house. and remunerated with little
chores and odd jobs, dealing out their story
IN bits to the inquistive villagers.
a gentleman at the hotel took note
81 the Bibles and blue ribbons and
asked them to 60 with him to Sunday
school, where they took an active part
and demonstrated considerable biblical
knowledge. BY and by suspicious began
20 creep around among the villagers and it
was whispered around that their hands
were remarkably soft and white and their
feet remarkably small for boys. And then
one night when they sang for Mrs. Gran
dali, tie landady, it was noticed that their
voices were remarkably feminine. These
suspicious came to the ears of little Tommy
Crandall, the landlady's boy, and one night
when the mysterious wanderers asked him
Tor needle and thread to sew patch in
their trousers, he brought it in and staid in
their room Until they had partially disrobed
for retiring He exclaimed very suddenly:
YOU'RE A GIRL,
know yOH. arej' and Lily, confronted by
the charge for the first time, weakened and
admitted its truth. The sheriff was called,
and hearing the full story of the girls. de-
cided not to arrest them. and the kind peo
pie of the village provided them with neat
clothing of their own sex and wondered
much at the grit they had shown.
A correspondence was opened with Mr.
Hutchins, of the Relief society, which re-
suited in sending the girls to st. Paul. Mr..
Hutchins has written to the authorities at
Calgary and has information that Byers is
so visionary parsonage. He has also writ
ten the girls relations at Rochester, but has
had no response Yesterday he telegraphed
Byers if he wished to marry Lily that
now is the accepted time and ST. Paul the
place. and hopes to bring about the we'd
ding in the near future. Newspaper men
will be invited to the ceremony, and if
nothing goes wrong, the little romance will
be crowned with happy ending.